So we keep Tubbs, but lose everyone else? Hmm… next year should be interesting.

First time, long time here Orson.

Got a Question & Comment.

Who do you see as excite o pants coordinators?
and I tthink this is a good hire. Les Miles might be heading to UM after all.

I’m gonna hang up and listen

Hmm, what if Auburn wanted Tuberville to stay…provided he overhaul his entire staff?

Cutcliffe wouldn’t at Ole Miss, and it got him fired.

Mike—the Kids in the Hall called, they want their comedy back.

He’ll always be Coach McGurk to me:

Exhibit A) On Sportsmanship

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Nn8Bk_NjRTo

Exhibit B) On Losing

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EXv13WdLiMA

Exhibit C) On Player Managment

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1T0xr10vRBA&feature=related

Now isn’t it “SoooWeee Muthafucker!”?

Florida wasn’t to face a Muschamp-coached defense in the next year (or for the next 4). Y’all don’t play Auburn every year, Georgia does.

Until he signs on the dotted line, finishes the introductory press conference and stays more than one night in Fayetteville, do not believe it. Remember that this is an Arkansas coaching search. Things have a tendency to go awry when the Hogs try to hire a coach this year…basketball and football.

threadjack

petrino resingns and goes to arkansas…wow

Bobby Petrino resigning from the Falcons and become the Arkansas Head Coach. Guess good ol’ Boom! Motherfucker will get a chance to blow up some Razorbacks next year in retaliation.

Annnd… it’s Petrino.

I think this hire is still likely, but there have been some hiccups on the hill regarding this today – John White (Ark’s chancellor, very meddlesome) has been running interference with Jeff Long on this hire since Day 1. It’s my understanding that he’s not a fan of Muschamp and this may still wind up not happening. I shudder to think of who would be next on the list if White screws up this hire as well.

ESPN reporting Bobby Petrino has resigned and agreed to take position of Head Hog.

More at 11…

Note that the Petrino story wasn’t broken by Kerb Herbstreit… so you know it’s reliable

ESPN JUST SAID PETRINO IS TAKING THE JOB AT ARKANSAS

WTF?!?!

shit who wants the vick-less falcons and the empty georgia dome….but the sec schedule wont makelife any easier

Wow, I can’t believe you guys beat me to posting it that fast … lol. Yes, the worldwide leader is reporting that Petrino resigns as Falcons coach to go to Ark-Kansas! Good, my Bucs need to wrap up our division this week (hosting Atlanta here, see you at the game)!

ESPN reporting Petrino

Way to fuck it up Orson.

You’re worse than Herbstreit.

And to think I actually believed every single thing you wrote. Shame on me.

Not so fast my Florida Friend:

It looks like ESPN has just announced that Bobby Petrino of the Atlanta Falcons has resigned to take the Arkansas job.

Steve is a funny guy…

Boy, Muschamp must feel like shit right now. Given the brush-off by the Jackets, and now the Razorbacks?

::still in cold sweat::

Don’t ever scare me like that again, Boom Motherfucker.

ESPN just reported Petrino to Arkansas. Will they dare to be totally wrong twice in one week?

I had nightmares of facing The Boom annually. Fears not alleviated. Until CFN breaks Tubbs to Vandy or something…

god damnit – ESPN said this was breaking news and now i see posts about it from half an hour ago

If I were Bobby Petrino, I would take the first opportunity to get out of that job that I could, even it does mean I would have to move to Arkansas. The Falcons are a train wreck, and its not quite what he signed up for I assume.

I know there was only about three of you, but did anyone watch the Falcon’s on MNF last night? At one point they interviewed Arthur Blank and he said something like “we do have needs we need to address, but we believe we have a young team with a lot of promise and we have have a great coach we believe in and we’re going to give him the time he needs to build this team back up.”(sic)

If Petrino is taking the position at Arkansas its pretty f’ed up for him to just slap the Falcon’s owner in the face after he gives him that kind of support.

So, how many months/years does Petrino stay at Arkansas before he leaves for the next stop in is quest to emulate Lou Saban/Nick Saban/Butch Van Breda Kolff? Face it Arkansas, he is a nomad. He may be there 2 years before you start tracking planes. He was in Atlanta for 8 months.

if the Hogs did just get Petrino, considering everything thas gone down the last couple of week? they just hit a home run.

amazing story

I’m gonna love watching the likes of Chris Dodd and the ESPN blabbermouths spit over themselves wondering why Petrino would go to stupid ol’ Arkysaw?

After weeks of being lectured about how we were inbred retards for firing Houston Nutt, the best coach our crappy little school could ever afford, ESPN, Dodd,

BOBBY

FUCKIN

PETRINO

Arthur Blank is too busy choking on fried chicken. There is an NFL coach sitting on his porch in walking distance to the MARTA. FEED THE CHANIMAL!!! He made the playoffs 2x in da league… I want the disaster to be New York Knicks epic!!!

So…confused…

He’s my DC. He’s my rival. He’s my DC. He’s my rival. He’s my DC he’s my rival.

Jake. It’s Fayetteville.

If it’s written on Wikipedia, it must be true: “Bobby Petrino (born March 10, 1961(1961-03-10) in Lewistown, Montana) is an American college football coach and the current head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks.”

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Petrino)

At first I thought that Petrino was a moron for taking the Atlanta job, but now it looks brilliant. Had he stayed at Louisville, he would have blamed for Louisville’s defensive struggles instead of Kragthorpe.

Ah, great to have a monster like Petrino in conference to go with Meyer, Fulmer, Tuberville, Miles, Saban, Spurrier, and Richt. Hey, anyone take the Michigan job yet? Anyone?

One Hundred Moonshine Stills to you, sir.

We need a new t-shirt:

“I am the next football coach at Arkansas”

So, not even a pretense of shame from Orson? The “scoop”-mania that plagues the media shouldn’t be reflected in a blog, should it?

Brian Brohm can’t buy a break. Petrino and the Falcoons could’ve picked him up early in the draft and then begun building a kinder, gentler, forward pass oriented franchise. Changing the face of the franchise is imperative, and a Brohm-Petrino reunion would have really helped to erase the memory of this horrible year. Oh, yeah. I hope Vick gets shivved at the graybar hotel.

florida doesn’t play auburn and will muschamp every year. unless you got the schedule changed

Atlanta is FUBAR’d. Man, how can it get any worse for this franchise?

So, I’m guessing that within 10 years the NFL and the SEC create a Premier League/Football League Championship type of agreement?

It’s just a matter of time.

lets be real, even the dolphins would beat the sec champion every year by 4 touchdowns plus……

Mawghog — I fully support your stance on Chris Dodd. He has no business tearing down the fans of our fine institution. He should stick to farm subsidies and carbon taxes. Can Hillary and I count on your support in ’08?

No way, Mr. Steely.

I think at least 3 different SEC teams would push .500 in the NFL—RIGHT NOW!!!

So I assume Orson is stuck under a rock as he hasn’t updated this yet.

1. But how would they do against a team made up of 6 inch tall Ditkas?

On the drive home from work the UCLA flagship station was announcing that Norm Chow is the new coach of the gutty little Bruins.

Good luck to him, he’s going to need it there.

Come on #46.

Let’s try to keep this discussion serious.

Damn this has turned into a good day! Hopefully we’ll get the Spread Eagle offense fired up and now we have the Boom MFer defense here to stay (for one more year at least).

The downside is that Ark and Ole Miss have severely upgraded their own coaching staffs. There isn’t a single idiot coach left in the West. I contend that Nutt’s nuttiness was exacerbated by the nuttiness of the Arkansas fan base. Rest assured, Petrino has no nuttiness in him.

Whaaaaaaaat?? But the Falcons job must be like the best job ever?? Oh, fuck.

So…. Coach Pet-rhino is going to hogtown… and about to find out what it’s like to be the 4th best team… in his conference

this ain’t yer Louisville, son

welcome to the SEC

oh yeah….one more thing

BOOOOOOMMMMM MUTHAFUCKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. - Actually, that report was part of a goof being done by their afternoon drive time show. There were also internet rumors all afternoon that Norm Chow was on the Westwood campus today, but those have also been debunked by the LA Daily News.

UCLA has not hired a head coach. Looking more and more like they’re gonna give the job to defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker

Great….just fuckin great. Another great coach comes to the SEC……like it wasn’t hard enough already.

Wonderful. SEC fans are going to be absolutely insufferable next year.

I’m the worst fucking employee in the history of all 11 places and this is bullshit. Nick Saban would say this is bullshit or he doesn’t have time for this or whatever the fuck … aaahhhh, fuck! As a Falcons fan (only cause of geography, ew), I’m inclined to agree with Schultz and say – way to finish the fucking job. Granted the Falcons were death but pulling out? Never cool man. So. Fucking. Pissed.

Oh and for any future employees who may read this, when I become like a full-fledged attorney and an adult, I will be your #1 employee ever. Watch the fuck out, my brilliant litigating will AMAZE. AAAAAAA-MAZE.

Damnit. Future employers … whatever. I’m so responsible.

#44
you seem to miss the fact that most NFL players were GREAT college players. How many players from SEC teams make significant impacts as rookies??? Thats just the ones that even MAKE IT to the league! The SEC right now is a great breeding ground for NFL talent….but could NEVER compete with an NFL team….even the 0-fer dolphins.

So, are any actual Razorbacks fans happy about this turn of events? Maybe its just me being stodgy, but wouldn’t Hogs be a little leery? The guy has a great couple of seasons at Louisville (and the Big East ain’t no SEC) and then runs off to the bigger bucks in the pros. The guy has less than one bad season at Atlanta and then runs back to the lesser bucks back in college fb. What sort of trends can we expect here?

Looking in the crystal ball: Early October 2008 Arkansas will be in the AP top ten. Early November 2008 they will implode and drop out of the rankings entirely. By mid-November Petrino will announce he’s dumping Arkansas to coach for chump change at a local junior college, where he will lead the 2009 team to an undefeated season, followed by accepting a 2010 head coaching job back in the Big East after Schiano finally gives in and becomes the third coach at post-Carr Michigan. Repeat?

I totally agree with Steely… LSU this year couldnt beat 2 teams in their own conference, they arent beating a shitty NFL team at all.

if there was ever a team in college that in a one-shot game had a chance the same year that there was a super-shitty team, it wouldve been the ’01 Miami team, ala the year the Panthers went 1-15, and were a TERRIBLE 1-15 at that.

I would probably hedge my bets that ’04 USC could have covered a spread against the then 2-14 Texans, but not have beaten them.

1. - TigerinATL
   “There isn’t a single idiot coach left in the West”

Not so fast my friend,
Les Miles hasn’t taken the Michigan job yet. He eats his own poo

Um Orson….did you just put Fulmer in the same category as Meyer and Spurrier? WTF!?!

Good luck with that, hogs. Petrino is a fucking pussy who never even tried to adapt to the NFL, and is now bolting with three games left in his only NFL season. Yeah, the Falcons are a trainwreck, but any coach worth a damn would want to try and overcome it. He was everybody’s hero building up Louisville, and never faced any real pressure there. First sign of trouble in Atlanta, and he fucking folds up his sour-pussed tent and runs away. What happens when real college DC’s figure him out, and he goes 6-6, and the natives start getting restless? He’ll fold again.

As a Falcon fan, good riddance.

Regarding Bill’s question of the reaction in Arkansas.

Arkansas fans are not happy; we are ECSTATIC. Many are showing up to the airport/press conference. We are going from horrible play calling (Alabama this year anyone?) to one of the better ones out there.

Many are also very happy that many national media outlets have to eat crow because we ran poor ol’ Houston Nutt on a rail. Forde, Maisel, etc.

Beckett-
Exactly, who on the LSU d-line thinks they are going to even attempt to block to Jason Taylor? Or cover Chambers, who when he was at wisconsin happened to have the best time in the NCAA in the 100m that year. If they cant cover UK’s WR’s theyre in deep shit with him.

31 years ago, Arkansas got a coach who blew out in the NFL and quit after 13 games.

Lou Holtz did alright.

We’re ALL behind Coach P., and ready to show the country how the program looks when it’s run by a REAL coach.

And im all for the shit-talking on the fat boy orange puff we call the head football coach in knoxville, but he does have a NC and quite a few SEC crowns to his belt….but damn is he sure an easy target for the internets

@ US McGill -

Forde just did a hatchet job on Petrino on ESPNews. Didn’t seem to have much crow in his mouth. Great hire though. Congrats.

@ Beckett929 -

Dude – come on. We had a 58 year Chris Weinke at QB, and he was the HIGHLIGHT on offense(sic) that year. Not to mention the D was miserable and Siefert hated the players worse than they hated him. I know a few guys that were on that team, and trust me, if they could have pulled a Petrino – they would have. That said, despite that 1-15 record, they still weren’t as fucked up as the Falcons are today. Where are Bartkowski and Andrews when you need ’em most?

@ Jake -

No one on LSU’s DLINE (?) would even think about blocking Jason Taylor, since he’s a DE. Come to think of it, no one on the OLine could block him either…..

I know you’re happy to have a “name” coach, but you’re going to regret this. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life.

#54
“… pulling out? Never cool man.”

Wow…times have changed.

And Petrino is good but nowhere near Saban, the Visor, Fat Phil, C(oach) U(rban) M(yer), Richt, Tubs or even Nutt… welcome to 4th place in the SEC west Bobby…

Beckett, Steely—you guys are crazy.

I dare Cincy to come down to Death Valley to face the REAL Bayou Bengals. I dare them. LSU would mop the floor with them.

Holliday has world class speed, guys. World class.

And what answer would they have for Hester? Forget about it.

damn – all the celebrating Hog fans seem to have crashed the Scout Hog Board.

To quote the venerable Larry Munson…“man is there gonna be some property destroyed tonight”…….

My guess is that it starts in about 15 minutes…….

I saw Forde on ESPNews and I was certainly shocked. He really went at him. As you may now, we have a wee bit of an inferiority complex so expect Arkansans to be pretty vicious defending our hire.

I don’t think anyone is thinking we are winning the SEC or that Petrino will stay forever, but I think Petrino is the anti-Nutt in that he has no ties, will not be a cheerleader, or will be ultracomfortable with the media.

Seriously, sabanite, 4th?

I want comment 1 to show up first when I click for more…

1944 and 1945 Army teams could have have gone at least .500 in the NFL of that era because so many men were away at war. I don’t think it would be possible for a college team to do it in any post-war year.

kevin…just click on show all

clt- my bad…typing was a little off…just a little excited…..but everyone knew what i meant. I hope. need some bunda to calm down.

This press conference is crazy. I think Arkansas fans this year are crazier than Bama fans last year.

Is anybody going to ask Petrino why he lied right to Arthur Blank’s face yesterday? Or, are they just going to call pigs?

warthen-
              Your answer to an nfl defense is Holliday? Even though he has 10.1 100m speed lets see whats thats produced on the field.

rushing 50att 351 yards and 2tds.
recieving 2rec 3yds

world class man, world class

Oy there Mr. Wrong -

We just hired the guy. We’re trying to NOT piss him off.

Sorry, thought it was a “press conference”.

Ugh, what a horrendous press conference. I hate Petrino for this classless shit almost as much as I hate that retarded pig call.

“Fourth?” Yeah, fourth. LSU/Aubie/Bama still exist. Arkansas is following in South Carolina’s footsteps… great big-name hire, but too many good teams in their own division. And in the other division, for that matter.

Punks. Just wait until that weasel HDN brings Ole Miss to Fayetteville; we’ll give him the Ned Beatty treatment even WITHOUT Humanity Advanced.

Look, Petrino knew he was in a disaster that was beyond his ability to fix, and he wasn’t just jumping into a life raft, he was walking onto an ocean liner and he is grateful. he may never get another NFL job, to be sure; after the Atlanta debacle, he may not want one.

FAYAMF. I’m happy as hell to have Petrino in Fayetteville, he is a marked improvement over oxford’s problem.

Pretty impressive when you make Saban look like an honorable man.

1. UCLA mob: Yeah, I guess I came in mid-goof and got suckered in. I should know better than to believe anything from Petros Papadakis.

Actually I think Walker would be a good choice, and not just because the loons at Bruins Nation would go full-psycho mode from the get go and provide good laughs. As a USC fan I’d rather see him get run off and have UCLA lose next year’s recruiting class. I think a Chow/Walker combination would be about the best possible staff there, well other than a Chow/Coach O combo.

But I don’t see any coach stepping into there and being more of a problem for USC than Erickson or Bellotti (or Tedford if he returns to form) for at least a couple of years.

1. Warthen: You mean you were being serious?

I can’t believe anyone thinks the best CFB team ever would stand a chance against one of the worst NFL teams ever.

I would take the ‘07 Dolphins over ’95 Nebraska in a heartbeat. It wouldn’t even be close.

If I’m Petrino, they’re lucky they got the 13 games. There should be a standard “Get Out Of Atlanta Free” card with that team.

Warthen is taking this joke too far.

Also, Orson, you were wrong about Muschamp, I just heard Arkansas hired Petrino from Atlanta.

(/doesn’t read earlier posts)

Bobby Petrino will fit in perfectly in the SEC.

Jim Mora Jr. to Michigan.

 you heard it here first.

Petrino’s a douche bag.

So AL-A-BAMA is Top Three in the West based on name recognition only I guess. LA Monroe, fellas, LA Monroe.

Petrino’s a pr!ck for bailing out in less than a year. Can’t wait until the Arkansas crazies start filing FOIA paperwork on him too.

Hold on there bama fans…

Didn’t Arkansas finish ahead of Saban and the mighty (6-6) tide in the west this year? And that was with Houston Nutt.

“Granted the Falcons were death but pulling out? Never cool man.”

Never cool? When is necrophilia EVER cool?

Eh, I don’t fault Petrino, beyond the lying to Blank if that did indeed happen. Had he played out the string he’d have had no time to put together a recruiting class, and Arkansas may very well have gone another direction for the same reason. And getting away from the clusterfuck that is the Falcons right now just makes good career sense.

PW—It’s no joke. I’m totally serious. Completely. The SEC is just that good.

When is necrophilia EVER cool?

Answer: In Alabama since 1983.

I like Patrino, but when he left Louisville, after saying he and his family called Louisville home and did not want to leave, he seemed slimy and duplicitous. I was actually happy to see him get in over his head in the NFL and get his butt kicked. Maybe he just had to find out the hard way that he’s a college coach. I’m happy about the hire, however a little leery of a man who seems on paper and on TV like a cut-and-run, opportunistic quitter. I hope that Patrino will stay put and show some loyalty. Arkansas needs a steady, successful coach to unite the fan base, I hope Bobby P can be that guy. His reputation is likely to be a little tarnished after this too. For everyone’s sake, he needs to stay put. Arkansas is already slightly wounded and will need a good coach after D-Mc and Felix Jones likely leave to go pro. I am happy about this tho. Wooooo Patrino, Soooie.

Bama’s crummy 6-6 yeam beat the Hogs this year…and Petrino won’t have D-Mac, Jones or a Qb to fit his system next year…so 4th might even be a stretch if Nutt has Ole Miss fired up to play…

“crummy 6-6 TEAM”… too early to post…

Maybe that head case Mustain could come back and help Bobby out. Might even be able to convince his high school coach, too, now that Arkansaw is de-Nutted.

Yes, the Springdale boys who left because they wanted to run the spread probably wish they hadn’t.

97 – Let’s say LSU this year has 20 regular contributors who make the NFL…..the dolphins have 53 who made the nfl

Let’s just look at the numbers guys. I heard someone say the other day that half of the players in the NFL were from the SEC. Half of the ENTIRE league.

Let’s break down those figures for some of you numb-skulls. There are 12 teams in the SEC. There are 32 teams in the NFL.

If half of the players in the NFL are from the SEC, that means that there are BACKUPS from the SEC who are now starting for NFL teams. 4 teams worth of backups, as a matter of fact.

Someone with better internet skillz could arrange the facts better, but these are the basics.

You people better wake up and realize how wonderful the SEC is.

This is not a joke guys, don’t listen to PW. The SEC is JUST THAT GOOD.

Warthen,

Um, the SEC contributes about twenty or thirty more players to the league than the ACC and Big 10. They lead the other major conferences, but more, but they do not make up hallf the players in the league. The SEC champion would indeed lose to the worst team in the NFL, at least the vast majority of the time. This LSU team certainly would.

This is getting rediculous. I thinnk Warthen is a Big Te(leve)n guy trying to be funny.

What he is, idiot certainly fits the bill. What the fuck is this, a Rivals site now?

You have people on here who actually thought the Premier League joke was serious and somehow I’m the idiot?

Who in the world would believe any of that junk I put up here? And I even got answers like "the worst team in the NFL would beat the SEC champ ‘most of the time’.

‘Most of the time’? I thought I was the one being sarcastic here. Anyone who couldn’t sense the sarcasm oozing out of every one of those posts should have his head examined.

Warthen,

Yes, anyone who thinks sarcasm is readily apparent in print is an idiot. This coming from one such idiot.

Angle the AJC missed on this:
Petrino wants Dick.
Petrino needs Dick.
Petrino left the Falcons for Dick.

An idiot would actually print out the blog. The rest of us just read the text on our screens.

The NFL is made up of 17.7% SEC players, click the link to see the breakdown.

Wait, you mean I don’t have to print it out to read it? This is going to completely change my internets experience.

I’m just glad to help a dog out.

Anyone hear blanks already infamous mike vick “fried chicken” comment? Cmon, its no secret black people and chicken are quite fond of one another. whats so racially insensitive with that comment.

He would have been in more trouble if he would have said
“Mike needs to lay off the Chitlins and Colt .45 for the next 2 yrs….”

That Dog thinks that Arthur Blank was right.